: a sweet crystalline dextrorotatory disaccharide sugar C12H22O11 that occurs naturally in most plants and is obtained commercially especially from sugarcane or sugar beets
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Cane sugar consists of sucrose, which is one-half glucose and one-half fructose.
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 18 July 2025
Countries ranging from South America to Europe and Asia more commonly use sucrose, derived from cane or beet sugar, in Coca-Cola.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025
This is because honey contains mainly fructose, a type of sugar with a lower glycemic index than glucose and the sucrose found in table sugar.
—Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 25 June 2025
While a natural sugar like sucrose (albeit refined as table sugar) and glucose, the body processes it differently, primarily in the liver.
—New Atlas, 27 June 2025
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 18 July 2025
Countries ranging from South America to Europe and Asia more commonly use sucrose, derived from cane or beet sugar, in Coca-Cola.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025
This is because honey contains mainly fructose, a type of sugar with a lower glycemic index than glucose and the sucrose found in table sugar.
—Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 25 June 2025
While a natural sugar like sucrose (albeit refined as table sugar) and glucose, the body processes it differently, primarily in the liver.
—New Atlas, 27 June 2025
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“Sucrose.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sucrose. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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sucrose
noun
su·crose
ˈsü-ˌkrōs 
: a sweet sugar obtained especially from sugarcane or sugar beets
Medical Definition
sucrose
noun
su·crose
ˈsü-ˌkrōs, -ˌkrōz
: a sweet crystalline dextrorotatory nonreducing disaccharide sugar C12H22O11 that occurs naturally in most plants and is obtained commercially especially from sugarcane or sugar beets
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